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World water day: which countries have improved access to safe drinking water?http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/mar/22/who-water-sanitation-goals
Today is world water day and the latest data from UNICEF and the World Health Organisation show targets for safe drinking water are being met ahead of time. We take a look at the target data and ask is this a cause for celebration? <br /> <br />• <a href="#data">Get the data</a><p>Today is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/gallery/2012/mar/22/world-water-day-2012-gallery?newsfeed=true">world water day</a>. It comes in a week when UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) <a href="http://www.wssinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/resources/JMP-report-2012-en.pdf">announced</a> that the millenium development goal on drinking water access has been met ahead of time.</p><p>The goal for clean is described <a href="http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG%20Report%202010%20En%20r15%20-low%20res%2020100615%20-.pdf#page=60">in detail on the United Nations website</a> but in simple terms the target is to: </p><p>Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking-water and basic sanitation</p><p>The report said huge regional disparities existed. Almost half of the 2 billion people who have gained access to drinking water since 1990 live in China or India. Meanwhile, many countries in Africa are not on track to meet the target by 2015, with some countries actually falling back to pre-1990 rates of coverage. More than 40% of all people globally who lack access to drinking water live in sub-Saharan Africa.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/mar/22/who-water-sanitation-goals">Continue reading...</a>Access to waterWaterMillennium development goalsSanitationGlobal developmentUnited NationsWorld Health OrganisationDevelopment dataThu, 22 Mar 2012 17:51:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/mar/22/who-water-sanitation-goalsGraphicMillenium Development Goals water met already and expected to exceed its target by 2015Karen Robinson/GuardianGirls collecting water at Muhu Rijara village, Cox's Bazzar, Bangladesh, July 2001. Photograph: Karen Robinson for the GuardianLisa Evans2012-03-22T17:51:00Z